Machinist

At Fort Wayne Metals, we specialize in producing top-quality wires, cables, and assemblies designed to enhance and safeguard lives. Our products are used in everything from our customers’ stents and surgical robots to aircraft and automobiles. At our essence, we are thinkers, innovators, and problem solvers, leveraging our knowledge of materials to create customized solutions for our customers.

Join us in our dedication to making a tangible impact through our advanced materials and superior products.

The Machinist is responsible for operating a variety of machining equipment in order to fabricate high quality, precision prototype components and to grind rolls used in manufacturing processes.

Education & Experience Requirements

Job Responsibilities

• Operate machining tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders (CNC and manual) in order to produce tooling from established blueprints for use in FWM manufacturing processes.
• Provide technical expertise during the design process for new tooling.
• Mechanical refinement of tooling, as determined necessary through the production of prototypes, in order to quickly establish tooling that can be used in production when proven reliable and valid.
• Set up and operate cylindrical grinders to achieve tight tolerances using preset standards for parallelism, concentricity and surface finish, selecting grinding wheels, adjusting grinding wheel speeds, and determining grinding feeds as necessary.
• Set up and operate surface grinders, manual and automatic.
• Operate measuring instruments (micrometers, indicators, and surface meters) in order measure accuracy to plus/minus .00001.
• Disassemble and assemble tooling as necessary in order to troubleshoot discrepancies, inaccuracies and flaws, created when using the tooling equipment.
• Perform other duties as requested by management

Skills Needed

• Blueprint reading, mathematics skills, and micrometer usage.
• Must have problem solving abilities and attention to detail.
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision and be capable of self-checking completed work.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

• Fast-paced production environment.
• Exposure to fluctuating temperatures may occur.
• Work hours consist of 40 hours per week.
• Overtime may sometimes be necessary.
• Appropriate PPE must be worn where posted and required.
• Most of the time spent standing or walking.
• Occasional lifting necessary, with assistance when lifting heavy objects.
• Frequent bending, twisting, lifting, and squatting.
• Average weights in production range from 10-25 lbs. Maximum weights may exceed 75-80 lbs. on occasion.

Benefits & Wellness Resources

The health and wellbeing of Fort Wayne Metals is a critical part of our culture. In addition to offering medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance options to suit your needs, we’d like to share some of the other fundamental resources that make Fort Wayne Metals a premier place to work:

Physical Wellness

• Parkview Wellness Coach
  • Ready to assist with your physical and nutritional wellness needs.
• Gym Facilities
  • 4 onsite gym locations as well as discounts for regional gym facilities
• Health Challenges
  • From pickleball tournaments, sponsored races and sports leagues, to participating in the YMCA’s Corporate Challenge, we have a variety of fun ways to stay active.

Mental Wellness

• When You Need to Talk
  • 5 sessions of counseling are available to you and all members of your immediate household at no cost.
• Relaxing Time-Off
  • Qualify for Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay on your first day of employment.

Social Wellness

•  Epic Events
  • From TinCaps Night to family days at the zoo, we offer multiple activities throughout the year for employees and their families.
• Employee Resource Group
  • A voluntary, employee-led group formed to bring employees together and centered around a common interest or identity.

Professional Wellness

• Grow Your Career
  • We offer many opportunities to continue your development and growth.
• Performance Feedback
  • Receive regular and constructive feedback from your manager and peers to help you grow and improve.

Financial Wellness

• Annual Profit Sharing & 401k matching
  • Dropping dollars into your 401k. When you contribute 7%, we’ll contribute 3.5%.
• Quarterly Bonus
  • When we perform well, everyone benefits! Receive discretionary bonuses each quarter based on company performance.
• Tuition Reimbursement
  • Getting your first degree? Great! Whatever your major, we’ll help pick up the tab!
• Your Money Line
  • Employer-provided 1:1 financial guidance, education, & tools – so you can stress less about money and enjoy greater stability & confidence.